Attitude Of The Farmers Towards Organic Vegetable Farming

Research Article
Divya Vijayan and Dr.K.N.Ushadevi
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2020.1102.5094
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
conventional farmers, organic farmer’s organic vegetables attitude
Abstract: 

Organic farming is the need of the hour to protect the human being and also the environment. The present study is focused on the farmers attitude towards organic vegetable farming .the study confined to the central Kerala. A sample of 30 conventional farmers and certified farmers certified under INDOCERT were selected through purposive sampling method. Data collected through primary survey by using pre tested schedule. The data were analyzed with the help of indices and kruskkal wallis test was applied to test the significance. Comparison between the attitude of the conventional and organic farmers revealed that conventional farmers have a neither favorable nor unfavorable attitude towards organic farming. Farmers have favorable attitude towards organic farming. Conventional farmers were having least favorable attitude towards market demand and easy sale of vegetables and also in the case of practical feasibility of adoption in which organic farmers were expressed highly favorable attitude